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<blockquote data-quote="Hound dog" data-source="post: 441398" data-attributes="member: 84"><p>Welcome to the board</p><p></p><p>Most psychiatrists won't even attempt to diagnosis without at least 6 months sobriety. Why? Because the symptoms of addiction / withdrawal mimic many of the same symptoms of various mental disorders and they have a high risk of misdiagnosis which could just make things worse instead of better.</p><p></p><p>I don't have experience with this as a parent. But I do as a best friend of an alcoholic/addict. She ODed on heroine just a little over a year ago. Her family enabled her to death. I know that doesn't sound very nice to say, but while their intentions were good, they truly did enable her literally to death. They just could not/ would not draw that line in the sand and force her to face the consequences of her addictions and behavior caused by those addictions. </p><p></p><p>My advice? Make your son face the consequences of his choices and behaviors. Seek a counselor who specializes in addiction. Go to al anon meetings and educate yourself on addiction and having an addict in the family, learn how to support but not enable. </p><p></p><p>Your son is 24 yrs old. He's an adult. You can't control his choices or his behavior. But you can control your choices and your reactions to his behavior so that hopefully he seeks help faster. </p><p></p><p>It's so heart breaking to watch someone you love live this life and know there is nothing you can do to stop it. I'm so sorry you're having to go through this with your son.</p><p></p><p>((((hugs))))</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Hound dog, post: 441398, member: 84"] Welcome to the board Most psychiatrists won't even attempt to diagnosis without at least 6 months sobriety. Why? Because the symptoms of addiction / withdrawal mimic many of the same symptoms of various mental disorders and they have a high risk of misdiagnosis which could just make things worse instead of better. I don't have experience with this as a parent. But I do as a best friend of an alcoholic/addict. She ODed on heroine just a little over a year ago. Her family enabled her to death. I know that doesn't sound very nice to say, but while their intentions were good, they truly did enable her literally to death. They just could not/ would not draw that line in the sand and force her to face the consequences of her addictions and behavior caused by those addictions. My advice? Make your son face the consequences of his choices and behaviors. Seek a counselor who specializes in addiction. Go to al anon meetings and educate yourself on addiction and having an addict in the family, learn how to support but not enable. Your son is 24 yrs old. He's an adult. You can't control his choices or his behavior. But you can control your choices and your reactions to his behavior so that hopefully he seeks help faster. It's so heart breaking to watch someone you love live this life and know there is nothing you can do to stop it. I'm so sorry you're having to go through this with your son. ((((hugs)))) [/QUOTE]
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